Automobile body construction



' i A. A. RUPPERT AUTOIOBILE BODY CONSTRUCTION 2 Swami-Shea?l F116@ July .19, 1924 ATTORNEY.

July Z0 1926.

A. A. RUPPERT AUTOMOBILE BODY CONSTRUGTON Filed July 19, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lillllllllliililnutlllln Il l lk .II-IIIII ATTORNEX. 1

Patented July 20, 1926.

UNITED STATES,

ALBERT ANTHONY RUPPERTLOF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FISHER BODY CORPORATION, F DETROIT, MICHIGN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.A f

i aUroxomLn BODY consrnUcmIoN.

' Application :nea my 1a, 1924. serial No. 726,901.

provide removable arm rests for the rear seat of a closed body, which is `built up of a 'wooden block, a cushion spring construction, land suitable upholstery or trimming, the whole being a unit constrution which .can be separately trimmed and removably attached to the arm rest board of the car.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is. an inside ace. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same.

Fig. 3 is a. cross section through the same.v

The base or, support is built up ci the front upright a, the rear upright b and the through the screw holes .g.

'verted conical springs z'.

cross block c, the latter secured to the former two by screws. The cross block 1s removably secured to the arm rest board d .of the car by means of depending strips f which can be slipped into the clips e, secured to the arm rest' board by means of screws. may be secured also to the arm rest board by means of screws (not shown) that pass The two uprights and the cross block form the removable support on whichl rests a spring cushion frame. A

This is made u of a bottom frame, comprising the two c annel strips h with their channels presentingy toward each other. These are crimped over the coils of the in- 4These conical springs give the necessary flare of the arm rest from 'top to bottom to give the desirable appearance, and also make the same comfortable. Along the to of the coil springs is a wire ramej clippe -to the top coils and This gives the desired shape and contour to the arm rest which must taper o to almost nothing at the rear. carried out by the arrangement and design of the coil springs. Thev front five springs elevation of a closed body, showing my improved arm rest in` The lower ends of the uprights` This design is also` are inverted conical springs to give the necessary lflare and breadth at the front, while the rear two springs are cylindrical springs, much smaller.- The conical springs are located at the wide spacing of the top frame bars while the cylindrical springs are located at the narrower spacing. This makes an arm rest construction which closely approximates'in appearance the old type of arm rest construction made of a solid block of wood, and which was practically unyieldable except for the padding.

Preferably a canvas web m is drawn over the springs. There is then secured over the top of this webbing some heavy matted hair or wadding n, by means of a. cover of can,- vas o which is stitched to the canvas webbing m. A high grade of curled hair g is then set over the webbing and the cover o, and then a cover of musln r is drawn over the curled hair g. A layer of thin cottcn wadding .sv is laid over this muslin, and then finally the plush triming t is drawn over this. These various layers of cloth and wadding are tacked to the support as shown in Fig. 3 to provide a suitable trimmin job. The exact character of the trimming 1s not so important.

Whatlclaimis: 'A

1. An arm rest for Vvehicle bodies, having in combination a wooden support comprising front and rear uprights with a cross block, the same all constructed of wood,

be securedto the arm rest board at the side thereof, a cushion spring construction mounted on the top of the support and trimming drawn over the .cushion spring construction and support. l

2. An arm rest for vehicle bodies, having means by which the support at its side may in combination a long and narrow support e to which may be secured along its long s1 the side of the arm rest board of avehicle body, a cushion spring construction sup.

'ported on the 'top of the support and com- 'pr'ising a lower frame member and an upper frame member connected by a Iplurality of different sized coil s'prings,\ and trimmin drawn, over the .upper frame member an thecoil springs and the support.

3. An arm rest for vehicle bodies having in'combination, along and narrow support loo l which may be secured along its long side'to.

the sides of the arm rest board of a vehicle body, cushion springs supported on the support, some of which are invertedly conical to provide a flare from top to bottom and trimming drawn over said springs and support.

4. An arm rest for vehicle bodies, having in combinationl a support securable to the side of an arm rest board, a spring construction secured to the to of the support and including a bottom ame and an upper frame having an oset to latively wide spacing at the nt and nanrow acing at the rear, wide springs secured tween the upper and lower frame at the front in connection with .the wide spacvide a reing of the u per frame, and narrow springs securedatterearbetween the upper and lower frame. v

finished arm rest unlt has a downward and rearward taper.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

ALBERT AN THON Y RUPPERT. 

